Class 2 Agenda

Class Info

• Date: Saturday, 9/10
• Meeting Info: Voorhees V-833

To-Do Before Class

• Introduce ourselves to each other
• Sign the Academic Integrity Pledge
• Purchase a sketchbook (8”x10” or so), an architect’s scale, drawing pencils, a drafting board or t-square (to be used on a square edged table only) and a triangle.
• Read Vitruvius, Ten Books of Architecture: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/20239/20239-h/20239-h.htm
  • Book I, Chapter 2: The Fundamental Principles of Architecture
  • Book III, Chapter 1: On Symmetry: In Temples and in the Human Body
• Writing Assignment: In Book III, chapter 1, Vitruvius relates symmetry to the human body. What does Vitruvius mean by symmetry? How is the human body symmetrical? How is a building symmetrical?
  • Write a 200- to 250-word (long paragraph) and describe what Vitruvius means by symmetry. Your paper should be written in full sentences in paragraph form using 12 point Ariel font on 8 1/2 x 11 inch paper. Place your name, date, course number (ARCH1101), professor’s name (Prof. Christo), and assignment number (Assignment 1) in a column in the upper left-hand corner of the paper.
  • Write a 200- to 250-word (long paragraph) and discuss the importance of the principles of Order, Arrangement, and Eurythmy as described by Vitruvius.
  • Submit essays in PDF or Word Doc format
    • Due Saturday, 9/10 by 12:00pm
    • Submit to Miro 

Topic(s)

Introduction to Drawing

Activities

• Vitruvius Reading Recap
• Perspective Drawings
• Architectural Scale
• In Class Sketching

Perspective Drawing:

Architectural Scale:

To-Do After Class

• In your sketchbook
  • Make a drawing from a photograph of a complex rectilinear building (Robie House, Fallingwater, Unity Temple, for example)
  • Draw a coffee mug, cooking pot, chair, table, or other simple object in your home from multiple points of view (5 sketches)
• Look up the vocabulary words below and be prepared to discuss them next class.